Description of Columbia University MS Or 451: İlmihâl

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Text listing and explaining basic Muslim beliefs and describing ritual practices. Includes information on the ritual prayers, the names of the Sunnī schools of thought, some selections from the Qurʼān, and other topics of general Islamic education.

Ottoman Turkish İlmihâl [علم حال] former owner Hull, Helen R. 1888-1971 donor Hull, Helen R. 1888-1971 1v [İlmihâl].

paper

ii, 74, ii leaves : 164 x 104 (115 x 70) mm, bound to 163 x 105 mm 9 long lines; border-ruled; catchwords every verso, lower left. Written in naskh in black ink; pointed, vocalized. Polychrome and gold headpiece (f. 1v); textblock border-ruled in gold and black; overlines and rubricatons in red; gold roundels punctuate text. Library bookplate Library donor plate Illuminated headpiece

Reddish brown leather with stamped central mandorla.

The item is undated, possibly 18th or 19th century.

17--?-18--? Turkey? Gift of Helen R. Hull, 1968 (library bookplate inside front cover). Islam--Customs and practices Islam--Doctrines Manuscripts, Turkish--New York (State)--New York Codices (bound manuscripts) Illuminations (painting) Manuscripts (documents) Early works